Hey if anyone watched last night's BKN's broadcast on league pass or ballstreams you'll know what I'm talking about. The nets announcers talked to Lowry about his pending free agency and quoted Lowry as saying "I love Toronto, I want to stay a raptor. This team is going to be really good in a few years."

Surprise there isn't a thread on this since any time anyone says anything about Toronto, a thread instantly goes up. My views on Lowry is this, he wants to test the FA market and try to get the most money he can. He's 27 and it's his last chance at getting the big contract he wants. He's testing the waters but Toronto is a good option for him. Toronto will give him the money he deserves (management has already said they feel confident they can sign Lowry in the offseason). Also, Lowry is in a good situation here. This is his team and won't be going to the bench on another team so he can shine here. He sees the young talent that we have here, Ross, Val, Derozan, Patpat and Amir that's why he feels we'll be really good when these guys hit their primes. We have great management that wants to win and spend and we have a rockstar GM...................................and Drake.

Yeah, Fratello talked about this. Reporters are going to continue to spin because they can't believe we'd honestly change direction, and this is one of the times of the year (less than a month before the deadline) when they get a huge number of page hits and retweets.

Masai isn't a part of the old boy's club though. While others are all following one trend, he waits patiently, assesses and sees if there's an opportunity to do something differently. He found that opportunity here based on the team's play and now we're going to add to this and re-sign Lowry.

"Man, getting a chance to play for Philly, it's a dream come true. I'm just blessed. I'll always have love for Toronto, though. You know, they gave me a chance. I made friends for life there. And those fans deserve a championship."

You also have to consider that no other team has given Lowry free reign but us. He was a backup in Memphis and things got really sour with Dragic in Houston. We are really the first team to completely trust him running the team, and he's delivering.

4 years, 40 mil would be fair value. We get him in his prime. Ten million isn't suffering anyone for a PG of his calibre. It is not like 15 mil of Turkoglu that is difficult to move. 10 million for an all-star PG? I think you are content with that. Depends on what Masai wants. Is he thinking of using Lowry as trade bait to possibly net a top 10 pick and grab Exum through a sign and trade?